Blended Marking
Our week started with a great ‘Monday Magic Moment’ in Staff Briefing delivered by Mrs Davey, one of our talented Advanced Lead Teachers. Coinciding with our third and...
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Our week started with a great ‘Monday Magic Moment’ in Staff Briefing delivered by Mrs Davey, one of our talented Advanced Lead Teachers. Coinciding with our third and...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
New sturdy goal posts arrived on the lunchtime student football pitches earlier this week and were very gratefully received by our talented footballers. Instead of the typical...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
One of our exceptional Year 11 Maths students has been recognised nationally for his ability and achievement in Maths, notably through the UKMT challenges. He has received the...
Posted by James Donovan
It was great to see how well our Year 7 and Year 8 students rose to the challenge and first time experience of sitting an exam in GCSE style conditions for their core subjects,...
Posted by Suresh Varsani
At Bushey Meads, we are so proud of how enthusiastic our students are about our ‘Mind To Be Kind’ ethos. So many students have shown such kindness throughout the Covid...
Posted by Helen Blowers
At this time of year we ensure that all main stakeholders involved in the life of the school have a chance to take part in an annual survey based on the Ofsted...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
We are very proud of our students at Bushey Meads and we are delighted to recognise hard work in all forms. The pastoral team chose the student of week by looking at all the...
Posted by Helen Blowers
Anxiety and Mental health in SEND As we all know COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the anxiety of all our young people and this has been particularly difficult for our SEND...
Posted by Roa Dillon
Before half term our ‘eager readers’ met to vote for their favourites from the eight books they’ve been reading for the Carnegie Award. To mark the occasion, the library was...
Posted by Teresa Turton
We welcomed our wonderful students back at our new breakfast club that started this week in Learning Support. B – Breakfast M – Mind S – Study We are focusing on...
Posted by Roa Dillon
Our week started with a great ‘Monday Magic Moment’ in Staff Briefing delivered by Mrs Davey, one of our talented Advanced Lead Teachers. Coinciding with our third and final Marking and Feedback Fortnight of the year, she was highlighting the concept of ‘blended marking’ and encouraged us to build on some of the smart ways that staff have developed in their different approaches to marking and providing feedback this year, as we have all had to get to grips with remote, online learning.
In our Staff Briefing meeting last Friday our Acting Headteacher and Advanced Skills Leader Ms Knowles led an excellent sharing best practice ‘Friday Faculty Focus’ to support all...
Older students can be excellent role models for younger students and often the learning they have gained can help to shape the progress and achievement of their younger peers in...